The
Cisco UCS Central installer checks that the VM has the required RAM and disk space
(two disks, both disks should be 40GB). If the VM meets the requirements, the
installer formats the disks, transfers the files, and installs
Cisco UCS Central.

Step 7

When the Cisco
UCS Central VM has completed the initial part of the installation process,
answer the following questions in the VM console window:

The
Cisco UCS Central installer checks that the VM has the required RAM and disk space
(two disks, both with 40GBs). If the VM meets the requirements, the installer
formats the disks, transfers the files, and installs
Cisco UCS Central.

Step 8

When the Cisco
UCS Central VM has completed the initial part of the installation process,
answer the following questions in the VM console window:

The
Cisco UCS Central installer checks that the VM has the required RAM and disk space
(two disks, both with 40GBs). If the VM meets the requirements, the installer
formats the disks, transfers the files, and installs
Cisco UCS Central.

Step 6

When the Cisco
UCS Central VM has completed the initial part of the installation process,
answer the following questions in the VM console window:

Restoring the
Cisco UCS Central VM in Standalone Mode

Before you begin

You must have a
backup file with extension .tgz from a
Cisco UCS Central system that you want to use to restore
the configuration of the
Cisco UCS Central VM. For information on how to back up
a
Cisco UCS Central system, see Managing Back up and
Restore in
Cisco UCS Central User
Manual and CLI Reference Manual.

Procedure

Step 1

Save the
Cisco UCS Central OVA file to a folder that you can
access from the hypervisor.

Step 2

Open or import
the
Cisco UCS Central OVA file into a supported hypervisor,
as required by the hypervisor.

Do not continue
with the next step until the VM has finished booting.

Step 3

If you have not
already done so as part of importing the OVA file, power up the
Cisco UCS Central VM.

Step 4

Open up a
console window to the
Cisco UCS Central VM.

Step 5

When the
Cisco UCS Central VM has completed the initial part of
the installation process, answer the following questions in the VM console
window:

At the
Enter the Default Gateway : prompt, enter the
default gateway used by
Cisco UCS Central and press
Enter.

At the
Enter the File copy protocol[tftp/scp/ftp/sftp] :
prompt, enter the supported protocol that you want to use to copy the backup
file to the
Cisco UCS Central VM and press
Enter.

At the
Enter the Backup server IPv4 Address : prompt,
enter the IP address assigned to the server where the backup file is stored and
press
Enter.

At the
Enter the Backup file path and name : prompt,
enter the full file path and name of the backup file on the server and press
Enter.

At the
Enter the Username to be used for backup file transfer
: prompt, enter the username the system should use to log in to
the remote server and press
Enter.

(Optional) At the
Enter the Password to be used for backup file transfer
: prompt, enter the password for the remote server username and
press
Enter.

At the
Proceed with this configuration. Please
confirm[yes/no] prompt, enter
yes and press
Enter.

If you
think you made an error when completing any of these steps, enter
no and press
Enter. You will then be prompted to answer the
questions again.

After you
confirm that you want to proceed with the configuration, the network interface
reinitializes with your settings and
Cisco UCS Central becomes accessible via the IP address.

What to do next

After
Cisco UCS Central
is restored, login to
Cisco UCS Central
and download the firmware images into Image library. If any firmware images are
referenced in the service profiles, then you must make sure that the images are
downloaded and available in the image library before you re-acknowledge a Cisco
UCS domain from the suspended state.